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Matthew sighed and glanced around, he was once again standing guard at the south gate to Safe Zone 037. He had to check very COG vec' that came through, by ground or air. Savillian car's came through as well, they were hard to deal with sometimes but It was all In a days work. Thankfully, Matthew's shift was almost over, he and the other COG soldier across from him would have to switch with the North gate guards but on the way over, he always stopped by his parents tent to check on them. After that he would head to the training grounds to see how his brother was doing since he was still training to be a COG soldier. Matt' had been a soldier for 8 years and had seen his fare share of war, blood and lost. He's even seen some of his friends die on the battle field. All of those things still haunt him In his dreams but they were starting to disappear and he was getting more sleep. When his shift ended, he left with the other soldier and stopped by his parents tent, he stayed with them for a bit before heading over to the training grounds. He requested to see his brother and waited outside the training grounds.

Matthew took his helmet off as well and brushed his brown hair out of his face, It had been a while since his hair was cut. He smiled at his younger brother and Kirin, but he never understoon why Nick had put green highlights In his hair. Strangely enough, he was fine with It and so were their parents. "Hey guys." He said with a nod. "Sort of, I'm switching shifts with the North gate guards. I just stopped by to see how your training was going. Kirin's not giving you a hard time Is she?"

Matt chuckled. "Thats good, a fast learner will last longer on the battle field." He said with a smile. "At least, that's what my trainer always told me and the others I trained with. Anyway, I gotta go befor Tanner gets mad again." He slipped his helmet back on and ruffled Nick's hair before running off to the North gate, along the way he met up with Tanner who was a bit mad for having to wait on his friend but was fine after a few. Matt took the right side while TK look the left side of the gate. Both had their Lancer's out, locked and loaded. Matt glanced around the mountains and endless land scape around the Safe Zone, he suddenly began to wonder If this peacefull little place was going to last for a while, or If the Locust were going to attack like they always do.

"Who knows... could last until tomorrow, a few weeks or even a year." Tanner said as he shifted his weight to his left leg.

"He's got a point. The locust could attack any m-" Matthew was cut off by a distant roar that made him jump a bit.

About a 100 yards from the North gate was a Corpser that popped out of the ground and went back In. A few moments later, Ravers came flying out, followed by Nemacyst((morders)). The battle alarm went off, COG's kicked Into gear. Most of them rushed to the North, South, East and West gates to protect them while the others helped the savillians onto King Ravens and other COG vec's to be sent to another Safe Zone or ground base.

With the COG soldiers rushing past them to set up a barrier around the Safe Zone, Matt had enough time to squeeze past them. He ran to the tent his parents were waiting at, he helped them to a King Raven and left to help other's when that one left safely. After the svillians were out of the Safe Zone, Matthew went to the training ground to find his brother but was knocked back when about five or six Nemacyst came crashing down, they exploded Into firey patchs. There was pieces of training gear everywhere and a few wounded COG soldier's, Matthew stood up and shook his head to clear It. He could barely see through the smoke that was coming off of the fire patchs. "Nickolas! Nick where are you!" He called, hoping his brother would reply.

Matthew followed her, he was worried about Nickolas and the other trainees. Once he and Kirin found them, he helped carrie the wounded to one of the last ground vec'. "I think that's all of them." He said before sighing.

"Sargent Matthew, I need you, Kirin, Tanner and Nickolas to head to the old mining factory at mount' Haji. We have reason to believe there are locust there and they are turning the mountain Into a missle factory." Victory Haffmen said through their Inner coms. "I'm assining you four as Alpha squad from this day forth."

Matthew smiled behind his helment, he patted Nick's back. "Don't worry bro, you'll get more trainning along the way." He said with a light chuckle before looking towards the north gate. "Tanner you still alive buddy?" He asked through the Inner com.

"Still kicking, we managed to fend them off. I heard what Haffman said too, I got a vec' here for us to head out." Tanner replied.

"Good, lets go Alpha." Matthew said as he jogged towards the gate.

Once they were at the gate, Matthew looked around for Tanner. Thankfully, he was alright. Tanner was with two other gears that had a armored car, from the look of their gear, they were from one of the COG base's.

Matthew walked over to him. "Tanner, we gotta go. Got direct order's from Hoffmen."

"Direct order's from him? That's something new." TK said as he looked at his friend.

"Yeah I know." Matt chuckled.

The gears beside the armored car glanced at eachother before looking at the small group. "We can give you a ride If you want, this Is the last vec' for miles."